by Peter Goodhall | Jan 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
Nader Omer ST2NH brings news of the ED-SAT training kit, a Cube Satellite simulator. It has been developed for inspiring young people at variety of educational levels provide opportunities to discover and apply learning to real-world scenarios. It aims to provide a...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 22, 2015 | Daily Updates
This Monday, January 26 there will be a presentation on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) and SO-50 satellites at the Hog’s Back Amateur Radio Club near Farnham. Mike Parkin, G0JMI, will give a talk entitled: Amateur Radio Satellites: A General Overview and Understanding of...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 19, 2015 | Daily Updates
Essex-born radio amateur Dave Rowntree M6DRQ was interviewed on Channel 5 TV news about the Beagle 2 Mars mission. Dave, formerly drummer in the band Blur, is currently a DJ on London radio station XFM 104.9 MHz. On December 25, 2003 the pioneering UK spacecraft...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
The AESP-14 is a 1U CubeSat developed by undergraduate and graduate engineering students at the Technology Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in Brazil. The satellite’s primary mission is to test the various subsystems in the space environment. The satellite was...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
The Guardian interviewed radio amateur Dr. Chris Bridges 2E0OBC for their story on the growing UK space industry. Chris 2E0OBC worked on the Surrey Space Centre’s STRaND-1 spacecraft which carries an amateur radio payload. The newspaper also interviewed Steve...
by Peter Goodhall | Jan 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
Riaan Greeff ZS4PR has released a video of the demonstration of the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) CubeSat by Graham Shirville G3VZV to delegates at the IARU Region 1 Conference in September 2014. Watch the video Graham G3VZV demonstrates FUNcube satellite [youtube...
